A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Painan in Indonesia on Sunday. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000c5ef. Unique identifier: us2000c5ef. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 100.3821 East, latitude -1.8236 South, depth = 57.03 km. Global time and date of event 17/12/17 / 2017-12-17 12:12:59 / December 17, 2017 @ 12:12 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:12:59 / 7:12 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 57.03 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 97 km (60 miles) from Padang (c. 840 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Padang.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 56 km SSW of Painan, Indonesia.
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